prolog

A simplified spelling of prologue. See prologue.

A declarative higher-level programming language in which instructions are written not as explicit procedural data-manipulation commands, but as logical statements. The language has built-in resolution procedures for logical inference.

A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing